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Andres Raja (born 2 June 1982) is a retired
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decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ� ...
. Raja was born in
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. He finished sixteenth at the 2007 World Championships and sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships. He set a personal best score of 8119 points in August at
2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenbu ...
. His second best result is 8118 achieved in August 2008 at the Olympics after qualifying to the games with personal best 8069 points, achieved in July 2008 in
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. Raja finished tenth at the 2010 European Championships in
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with 7991 points. He was second in the heptathlon at the Tallinn International meet, scoring a personal best of 6114 points, while winner
Ashton Eaton Ashton James Eaton (born January 21, 1988) is a retired American decathlete and two-time Olympic champion, who holds the world record in the indoor heptathlon event. Eaton was the second decathlete (after Roman Šebrle) to break the 9,000-poi ...
broke the world record.Lindmae, Maris (2011-02-06)
Easton sets new World record in Tallinn with 6568 points
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. Retrieved on 2011-02-6.


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* * * * * 1982 births Living people Athletes from Saint Petersburg Estonian decathletes Olympic athletes for Estonia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Estonia {{Estonia-athletics-bio-stub